With only a year to go until the general election that could replace Meles Zenawi in the post of Prime Minister, the Ethiopian government is still bogged down by serious security problems. In addition to sporadic activity by OLF and [.
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A preliminary version of the 60 page report produced by [...]
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Contrary to the stories circulated in Antananarivo by certain sources [...]
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The French Minister of State for Foreign Trade, Anne-Marie Idrac, [...]
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The Kenyan Prime Minister and leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM, part of the governing coalition), Raila Odinga, has [...]
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Reporters and correspondents on the Nation Media Group are threatening to strike following the sudden withdrawal of a bonus.
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Pent up in Mogadishu by the radical Islamists offensive, the Somalian transition government is trying to bring former warlords onto its side.
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Three MPs have been roughed-up by members of the presidential guard. What they have in common is that they are opposed to the President running for a third mandate.
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President Guelleh appeared very concerned about security matters while he was speaking with local personalities during his recent visit to Day.
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The present situation - sharply rising prices and local production meeting only 10% of the demand forecast for the next [...]
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Several mining companies have recently obtained licences from Asmara to prospect for a variety of ores.
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A new difficulty is looming on the horizon for the hydro-electric dam at Bujagali: the falling level of water in Lake Victoria which feeds the river flowing through it.
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The Kenyan mobile telephone company Safaricom may have found just the right person both as a lobbyist with the government [...]
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The former general manager of the Rental Houses Agency (State-owned), [...]
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The American firm Monsanto which pioneers genetically modified organisms (GMO) [...]
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The strain within the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM, member [...]
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The Kenyan subsidiary of French oil company Total had very [...]
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The Saudi-Ethiopian magnate Mohammed Hussein Al-Amoudi is no longer untouchable [...]
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A new law practice has just been born in Dar [...]
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The Singapore based company Hutchison Ports Development has joined forces [...]
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President Nicolas Sarkozy had denounced Andry Rajoelina's "coup d'Etat". Nevertheless, it was a member of his team that facilitated TGV's trip to Libya.
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An influential member of the High Authority for Transition is involved in a case of car theft. A big challenge is in store for the independence of the judiciary system!
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The French businessman head of Assist Development is now back in favour after being expelled from Madagascar in February 2009.
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The editorial team of the online publication Canal de Moçambique is planning to launch a 32 page weekly magazine with the same name within the next few months.
The crisis has been very bad for Seypec’s business of transporting oil products. But it still has to repay the loans it contracted to buy its five tankers.
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Jean Claude de L’Estrac will leave his post of executive director of the La Sentinelle press group. The group’s COO is readying to take over.
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The Forces Armées Françaises pour la Zone Sud de l'Océan indien (FAZSOI) will soon have an ace new commander. He [...]
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The former chairman of the special delegation (known by the French initials PDS) of the Antananarivo urban authority and unsuccessful [...]
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Several celebrities, including one government minister, were among those attending the wedding in Maputo last week-end of the former President [...]
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The President of the High Authority for Transition (HAT) Andry Rajoelina aka TGV has won over Patrick Giovannoni, the leader [...]
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The governor of the Central Bank of Seychelles (BCS), Pierre Laporte, may well be a man set in mould of [...]
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Wearing his hat of representative of the firm Ocirema, the [...]
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President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi pulled a bluff on the Comoros [...]
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In addition to Patrick Leloup (see p.3) and Patrick Giovannoni [...]
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The constitutional referendum held on 17 May at the behest [...]
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Trouble is looming on the horizon for the Zimbabwean government. [...]
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After establishing units in Ethiopia and Zambia, the Kenyan company [...]
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The company which puts in the best technical bid is [...]
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The French shipping company CMA CGM created a subsidiary in [...]
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The International Finance Corp (IFC, part of the World Bank), [...]
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The company ONE Segurança changed its name at the beginning [...]
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